Ladies&#39; pistol compact



June 26, 1956 M w LADIES PISTOL COMPACT 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 17, 1954 Filed June 17, 1954 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

United States Patent 6 i LADIES PISTOL COMPACT Marvin Wilk, Bronx, N. Y.

Application June 17, 1954, Serial No. 437,315

10 Claims. (Cl. 132-79) This invention relates to compacts for ladies. More particularly, the invention has reference to a compact which is novelly shaped to closely simulate a pistol, it being proposed, by so shaping the compact, to provide a device having considerable attractiveness from the standpoint of its unusual nature.

It is an important object of the present invention to provide a compact which will include separate compartments for various items ordinarily stored in a container of this type, such as powder, lipstick, rouge, etc., with the opening of said compartments being controlled by the trigger of the simulated pistol.

Another object of importance is to provide a device of the nature referred to wherein one of said compartments will be in the barrel of the simulated pistol and the other compartment will be in the handle thereof.

Another object is to so arrange the trigger mechanism relative to the respective compartments as to cause a single trigger to be effective for opening both compartments, though said compartments are spaced apart and are wholly unconnected.

Still another object is to incorporate, in the trigger mechanism, means whereby squeezing of the trigger to a small extent will cause only one compartment to open, with the other compartment opening only when the trigger is pulled to its maximum extent, it being proposed in this manner to permit one to open that compartment which would ordinarily be used most often without at the same time opening the other compartment.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a View of a compact formed in accordance with the present invention, partly in longitudinal section and partly in side elevation, the main compartment being opened.

Fig. 2 is an end elevational view of the compact as seen from the left of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the barrel, taken substantially on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary, exploded perspective view of the compact showing the muzzle end thereof, and illustrating the manner in which the barrel compartment cover is mounted and linked to the trigger for control by the trigger.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged, transverse sectional view substantially on line 55 of Fig. 1, showing the trigger mechanism and the means for controlling opening of the main or handle compartment.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary, rear perspective view of the compact with the main compartment closed.

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing a modified form.

Patented June 26, 1956 Fig. 8 is an enlarged, fragmentary longitudinal sectional view substantially on line 88 of Fig. 7.

The reference numeral 10 has been applied generally to a compact formed in accordance with the present invention. As will he noted, the compact is in the simulation of a pistol, and accordingly, includes a handle 12 shaped as a pistol grip, said handle at its upper end merging into a body portion 14. Body portion 14, as shown to advantage in Figs. 1 and 6, is formed with an elongated recess 16, said recess extending from the heel or rear end of the body portion and terminating in closely spaced relation to the inner end of the barrel of the weapon. The recess 16 is relatively shallow, and is formed at its inner or front end with a sloped wall.

Threaded into the opposite sides of the handle 12, and spaced longitudinally and centrally of the handle, are screws 18 whereby there are attached to the handle ornamental facing plates 20 which are knurled or otherwise configured to simulate the opposite sides of the handle of a conventional pistol.

The handle is hollowly formed throughout, having a recess 22 opening at the upper end of the handle upon the recess 16 of the body portion 14. Recess 22 of the handle is adapted to provide a repository for any of various articles, none of which are shown, that are conventionally contained in a compact. For example, in the handle compartment defined by recess 22 there can be placed powder, a powder puff, and a rouge container.

The open end of the handle compartment is normally closed by a handle compartment lid or cover 24 of elongated, channeled formation, said cover 24 being adapted to swing upwardly to an open position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, from its normally closed position shown in Fig. 6. The cover 24 is shaped complementarily to the recess 16, having an inclined or sloped front end that fits against the sloped front wall of the recess. At its rear end, the cover 24 has a depending extension 26, also of channeled formation, the extension 26 being reduced in width in respect to the main width of the cover, as best shown in Fig. 6, thereby to permit the extension 26 to fit between rearwardly projecting ears of body portion 14, and pivotally connected to said ears by a cross pin 28 extending through registering apertures of the ears and extension 26, the ears being designated by the reference numeral 29 and having their outer surfaces flush with the side surfaces of the cover 24.

Integrally or otherwise rigidly provided upon the inner surface of the web portion of cover 24, adjacent the sloped, open front end of said cover, is a depending latching proejction 30, having a beveled latching notch 32 formed therein. A latch is pivotally mounted within the body portion, nad is adapted to releasably engage the pro jection 30. The latch includes a laterally projecting, beveled latching tooth 34 engageable in notch 32, the tooth 34 being integral with the upper end of a substantially vertically disposed latch element 36 fulcrumed intermediate its ends as at 38 upon the body portion 14 within a cavity 40 formed in the front end of said body portion. An opening 42 is formed in the upper surface of the body portion 14, providing communication between the cavity 40 and the recess 16, the latching tube 34 extending through said opening 42.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 5, the floor or bottom wall of the cavity is formed with a longitudinal slot 44, and the lower end of the latching element 36 extends downwardly through said slot. A downwardly opening, longitudinal slot 46 is formed in the downwardly projecting latch element 36, and receives a connecting pin 48 that is mounted in transversely aligned openings formed in the opposite walls of an upwardly opening slot 50 formed in the top edge portion of a flat, vertically disposed trigger 52.

edge of the trigger is a leaf :spring 53, tensioned to bear 7 against the adjacent wall of t-he handle 12.

The trigger 52 is disposed within an -L-shap.ed trigger guard .54. As will be noted, the trigger is slidabiy mounted in said trigger guard. The upper end of the trigger is slidably engaged in a longitudinal, downwardly opening slot 58 (Figs. 1 and 5) formed in the underside of body portion 14, and the lower end of the trigger is slidably engaged in a longitudinal slot 56 formed in the horizontal leg of the trigger guard. The spring 53 .is so tensioned as to normally urge the trigger to the ,position thereof shown in :Fig. 1, but the trigger can be squeezed, that is, shifted to the right in Pig. -1 by a user againstthe restraint of the spring, to open'the two :compartments of the compact. is normally closed by manually swinging of the cover 24 to its .Pig. 6 position. When the cover 24 is swung downwardly in this manner with the trigger 52 inthe position thereof shown in Fig. 1, the iatching projection will first bias tooth 34 to the left in Fig. 1, slightly rotating the latching element 36 in a counterclockwise direction about the pivot 38.

When the cover 24 has been shifted to its fully closed to transmit clockwise movement to the latching element F 36 about the pivot 38. Slot 46 of the latching element, of course, provides a connection that will allow sliding of the trigger along a straight line and the simultaneous movement of the lower end of the latching element through an arcuate path.

The trigger guard, in the illustrated example, is formed separately from the body portion, barrel, and handle, and as previously mentioned is substantially of L-shape. The trigger guard, at its lower end, is attached by a screw 60 to the handle 12, the screw 60 extending through a smooth-walled opening formed in a depending extension 62 of the trigger guard, with the screw being threaded in For example, the handle compartment 22 a complementarily threaded opening provided in the handle :12. At its other end, the trigger guard is integrally formed with upwardly divergent, arcuately shaped yoke arms 64, embracing between them the barrel of the simulated pistol, and attached to said barrel :by screws 66. The screws 66 pass through smooth-walled openings of the yoke arms 64, into threaded openings of the barrel 67 of the device.

The barrel 67 is hollowly formed, to provide a second or auxiliary compartment for articles, this compartment being termed a barrel compartment, and being provided by a deep recess 68 formed .in the barrel 67. :R'eeess 68, at .its inner end, terminates just short of, and is wholly out of communication with, the cavity of the body portion 14.

Recess 68, at its other end, is open to permit the insertion or removal of articles, and normally closing the open end of recess 68 is a barrel cover 70. It will be noted that in'the illustrated example the barrel 67 is of cylindrical formation, and the .cover 70 is accordingly-of circular configuration. However, the barrel can be of other cross sectional shapes and might, in a commercial embodiment, be of rectangular cross section.

The cover 70 of the barrel compartment :is pivotally mounted to swing between the normally closed position thereof shown in Fig. 1, and an open position in which the compartment 68 is fully opened. In this connection, the underside .of the barrel .67 is integrally formed with a longitudinal rib '72, said rib 72 being integral with alongitudinal projection 74 that extends beyond .the open end of recess 68 as best shown inFig. 4. Cover 70 (see Fig. 4 is provided with depending, transversely spaced arms 76'aperturned as at 78, the apertures 78 registering with a transverse bore formed in the extension 74. A pivot pin 86 extends through the bore of the extension 74 and the apertures 78, to pivotally mount the cover 70 for swinging movement upon'the barrel about an axis extending normally to the longitudinal center line of the barrel.

The depending arms 76 are integrally formed at their lower ends with forwardly and downwardly inclined extension members 82 having longitudinal slots, a cross pin 84 extending through the slots and through a transverse opening formed in the front or outer end of a connecting link86 slidably mounted in anopening 88 formed in the upwardly extending leg of the trigger guard, below and in closely spaced, "parallel relation to rib 72. The link 86 is mounted for reciprocation in the direction of its length, and at its other end is connected to the trigger 52. As a result, when the trigger 52 is pulled, the link 86 will be shifted to the right in Fig. 1, and will swing cover '72 to an open position.

It will be apparent that when the trigger is released, spring 53, shifting trigger 52 to its normal position, will cause link 86 to shift to the left in Fig. 1, thus causing cover 70 to close.

By reason of the construction illustratedand described, it will be observed that the single trigger 52, when shifted to the right in Fig. 1, causes both compartments :to be opened. It will further be noted that a small amount of movement of the trigger 52 to the right in :Fig. 1 will cause cover 24 to be unlatched, and to swing to its position. Movement of the cover 24 to open position is effected by a spring 31, theopposite' ends of which bear against the Webof the depending extension 26 and the adjacent surface of handle 12, the spring 31 having a coil intermediate its ends extending about the pin 28. Spring 31 is tensioned to normally bias the cover 24 to its open position, and accordingly, the slight movement of the trigger 52 to the right will shift latching tooth 34 out of notch 32, thereby releasing cover .24 for movement to its open position under theforce of spring 31.

The slight movement of trigger 52-sufficient to accomplish opening of the handle compartment does not cause the barrel compartment to be opened,'since this slight movement will only move link 86 to the right for a ver; short distance, causing practically no movement of cover 79 to its open position. Therefore, :articles can be removed from the handle compartment 22 without disturbingthe articles :in the barrel compartment '68. If, however, it .is desired to remove an article from the barrel compartment 68, the trigger 52 is fully squeezed, to be shifted to the right'to its maximum extent, thus causing cover 70 to swing to a fully open position. The barrel compartment is, of course, particularly adapted for containing an article such as a lipstick, which lipstick may fit snugly within the cylindrically shaped recess 68. The lipstick could, in fact, be formed in the shape of a cartridge, to further add to the novelty of the .device. This is considered sufficiently obvious as not to require special illustration herein.

In Figs. 7 and 8, a modified compact 10 of pistol shape includes apistol grip handle 12* integral with a barrel 67 having an elongated barrel compartment recess 68- Recess 68 is substantially greater in length than the;corresponding recess 68 of the first form. This is dire'to the fact that the handle compartment recess .22 does not :extend fully to the :top surface of the device. instead, arecess 22 opens upon one side of the handle 12 The trigger I52, trigger guard 54, barrel compartmentcover 7.0, and link v86 are all as in'the first form of the invention. .In the modified construction, the main difference resides in the handle compartment cover and the trigger-actuated means for unlatching the same.

In this form of the invention, the cover 24 of the handle compartment is positioned against the open side of facing plate. As will be noted, cover 24 is hinged at 28 along one longitudinal edge thereof, the hinge extending along one longitudinal edge of the recess 22*. To normally hold the cover 24 closed, there is provided a leaf spring latching projection or detent 30 secured to the inner surface of cover 24 at that edge thereof opposite the hinge. Detent 30 extends into recess 22- in the closed cover position (Fig. 8), to releasably engage a latching projection 34 formed upon the adjacent side wall of the recess.

To unlatch cover 24 a flat wedge bar 90 is fixedly secured by screws 92 at one end to the trigger 52. Bar 90, at its other end, is proportioned to fit into a small recess 94 formed in the adjacent edge of cover 24 the part of the bar fitting into said recess being wedge-shaped as shown at 96. As a result, when the trigger 52 is pulled to the right in Fig. 7, it need move only a very short distance before bar 90, entering as a wedge between cover 24 and the body of handle 12 shifts cover 24- in a counterclockwise direction about hinge axis 28 viewing the cover as in Fig. 8. The small movement of cover 24 in this direction will be sufiicient to disengage spring detent 30 from projection 34 A leaf spring 98, fixedly anchored at one end to the opposite side wall of recess 22*- and bearing at its other end against the underside of .cover 24 will now be free to bias cover 24 to an open position, to provide access to the articles contained within the handle compartment.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to all changes and modifications coming within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent 1. A pistol type compact for ladies comprising a body formed in the simulation of a pistol and including a handle and a barrel, said handle and barrel having recesses defining compartments for cosmetics, covers for the respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said body, and trigger-controlled means for shifting the covers to open position, said covers being swingably mounted upon the body, said trigger being mounted for sliding movement upon said body, the trigger-controlled means of one of said covers including a link attached at one end to the trigger to shift therewith during sliding movement of the trigger, said link having a sliding and pivotal connection at its other end to its associated cover, for swingably shifting the cover to open position responsive to sliding movement of the trigger in one direction.

2. A pistol type compact for ladies comprising a body formed in the simulation of a pistol and including a handle and a barrel, said handle and barrel having recesses defining compartments for cosmetics, covers for the respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said body, and trigger-controlled means for shifting the covers to open position, said covers being swingably mounted upon the body, said trigger being mounted for sliding movement upon said body, the trigger-controlled means of one of said covers including a link attached at one end to the trigger to shift therewith during sliding movement of the trigger, said link having a sliding and pivotal connection at its other end to its associated cover, for swingably shifting the cover to open position responsive to sliding movement of the trigger in one direction, the cover to which said link is connected including depending arms between which the link extends at said other end thereof, said arms having angular, slotted extensions, the connection of the link to said one cover including a cross pin extending through the slotted extensions and link.

3. A pistol type compact for ladies comprising a body formed in the simulation of a pistol and including a handle and a barrel, said handle and barrel having recesses defining compartments for cosmetics, covers for the respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said body, and trigger-controlled means for shifting the covers to open position, said covers being swingably mounted upon the body, said trigger being mounted for sliding movement upon said body, the trigger-controlled means of one of said covers including a link attached at one end to the trigger to shift therewith during sliding movement of the trigger, said link having a sliding and pivotal connection at its other end to its associated cover, for swingably shifting the cover to open position responsive to sliding movement of the trigger in one direction, the cover to which said link is connected including depending arms between which the link extends at said other end thereof, said arms having angular, slotted extensions, the connection of the link to said one cover including a cross pin extending through the slotted extensions and link, said one cover being mounted at the outer end of said barrel to normally close the compartment of the barrel.

4. A pistol type compact for ladies comprising a body formed in the simulation of a pistol and including a handle and a barrel, said handle and barrel having recesses defining compartments for cosmetics, covers for the respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said body, and trigger-controlled means for shifting the covers to open position, the cover of the handle compartment being spring-biased to open position, said handle compartment opening upon the upper end of the handle, with said cover extending longitudinally of the body along the top surface thereof to normally close the open end of the handle compartment.

5. A pistol type compact for ladies comprising a body formed in the simulation of a pistol and including a handle and a barrel, said handle and barrel having recesses defining compartments for cosmetics, covers for the respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said body, and trigger-controlled means for shifting the covers to open position, the cover of the handle compartment being spring-biased to open position, said handle compartment opening upon the upper end of the handle, with said cover extending longitudinally of the body along the top surface thereof to normally close the open end of the handle compartment, said body including a pivoted latch element adjacent said trigger, said latch element having a connection to said trigger adapted for swinging of the latch element responsive to said movement of the trigger, the cover including a latching projection having a notch in which said element is adapted to engage to normally hold the cover closed, said latch element shifting to releasing position on said movement of the trigger.

6. A pistol type compact for ladies comprising a body formed in the simulation of a pistol and including a handle and a barrel, said handle and barrel having recesses defining compartments for cosmetics, covers for the respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said body, and trigger-controlled means for shifting the covers to open position, the cover of the handle compartment being spring-biased to open position, said cover of the handle compartment being located at one side of the handle, the recess of the handle opening upon said one side and being normally closed by the cover.

7. A pistol type compact for ladies comprising a body formed in the simulation of a pistol and including a handle and a barrel, said handle and barrel having recesses defining compartments for cosmetics, covers for the respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said body, and trigger-controlled means for shifting the covers to open position, the cover of the handle compartment being spring-biased to open position, said cover of the handle compartment being located at one side of the handle, the recess of the handle opening upon said side and being normally closed by the cover, the cover including a spring detent, the handle including a projection adapted to engage said detent in the closed position of the handle "compartment cover.

8. Api'stoltype compact for ladies comprising a body formedin the simulation-eta pistol and including ahandle and a barrel, said handle and barrel having recesses defining-compartments forcosmetics, covers for the respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said body, and-trigger=contrdlled means for shifting the covers to open position, the cover of the handle compartment being spring-biased to open position, said cover of the handle compartment -being located at one side of the handle, the recess of the handle opening upon said one side and being normally closed by the cover, the cover including a'spring detent, the handle including a projection adapted toengage'saiddetent inthe closed position of the handle compartment cover, said trigger-controlled means for shifting the cover of the han'dlecompartrnent to open position including "a 'wedge bar secured to the trigger to shift therewith, said wedge barbeing adapted to enter as a Wedge between the handle and cover of the handle compartment, to disengage the detent from said projection on said movement of the trigger.

'9. A pistol type compact for ladies comprising a body formed in the simulation-eta pistol and including a handle and "a barrel, said handle and barrel having recesses defining compartments for cosmetics, covers for the respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said body, and trigger-controlled means for shifting the covers to open position, the cover of the handle compartment 7 including a spring detent, the "handle including 'a projec- I tion adapted to engage said detent in the closed position 3 of the handle compartment cover, said trigger-controlled means for shifting the cover of the handle compartment to 'openposit'ion including a Wedge bar secured to the trigger 'toshift therewith, said wedge bar being adapted to enter as a wedge between the handle and cover of the handle compartment, to disengage the-detent from said projection on said movement of the trigger, said wedge bar having one end beveled toprovide 'a wedge member, the handle compartment cover having a recess complementing said wedge member and receiving said wedge "member in the closed position of the handle compartment cover.

' it). Apistoltype-compact-for ladies comprisinga body formed in the simulation of a pistol and including aha-ndle and a barrel, said handle and'barrel having recesses defini-ng-compartments for-cosmetics, covers for the-respective compartments, a trigger movably mounted on said ho'dy, and trigger-controlled means for shifting the covers to :open position, the cover of the handle compartment beingspring-hiased to open position, said handle compare mentopen'ing'uponthe upper end of the handle, withsaid cover extending longitudinally of the body along the top surface thereof to normally close the open end of the handle compartmenh said body including a pivoted latch element adjacent said trigger, said latch element having a connection to said trigger adapted for swinging of the latch elementresponsive to said movement of the trigger,

the 'cover including'a latching projection having a notch in which said element is adapted to engage to normally hold the cover closed, said latch element shifting to releasing position on said movement of the trigger, said References Cited the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Dwyer Mar. 11, 1930 Pauly Apr. 27, 1954 

